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minus-squaresouthernbrewer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down1·8 months agoWhat’s a home fries? Isn’t fries just short for french fries? I don’t speak american
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·8 months agoI think home fries is when you cut the potato in cubes and wedges (the recipe says 1 inch chunks) and then fry them.
minus-squareGrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoAlmost. Home fries, in my area, are flatter. So 1*1 square but 1/2 to 1/4 tall.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoWe just call those chunky chips.
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·8 months agoIsn’t that called “country potatoes”?
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoThose are baked in a skillet, not fried, says the cookbook. But YMMV.
minus-squareI'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·8 months agoSo, potato wedges?
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoThat’s called country fries here.
minus-squaredevnull406@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 months agoWell when you live in the country, they’re home fries.
minus-squareMeaanBeaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·8 months agoDepends on where you’re eating honestly. Some places call long flat fries home fries and other places call just like cubed fried potatoes home fries. Basically any fried potatoe shape that’s not shoestring French fries might be called “home fries”.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoin Pennsylvania it’s grated or flaked potato pieces fried in a skillet, like only one coarseness step above hash brown
What’s a home fries? Isn’t fries just short for french fries? I don’t speak american
I think home fries is when you cut the potato in cubes and wedges (the recipe says 1 inch chunks) and then fry them.
Almost. Home fries, in my area, are flatter. So 1*1 square but 1/2 to 1/4 tall.
We just call those chunky chips.
Isn’t that called “country potatoes”?
Those are baked in a skillet, not fried, says the cookbook. But YMMV.
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So, potato wedges?
That’s called country fries here.
Well when you live in the country, they’re home fries.
Depends on where you’re eating honestly. Some places call long flat fries home fries and other places call just like cubed fried potatoes home fries. Basically any fried potatoe shape that’s not shoestring French fries might be called “home fries”.
in Pennsylvania it’s grated or flaked potato pieces fried in a skillet, like only one coarseness step above hash brown